Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Every author that has a long-running series tries
to cover new territory every so often, even while keeping things the same.

The action may take place in new territory, or
events may cover new territory that the characters have never covered in
previous stories, or emotions that are new have come to be exposed.

It’s all new territory.

I’ve just finished the eleventh Justice Security
story, Hell’s Bells. Hell’s Bells is
also a Nicholas Turner story, and brings him fully into the Justice Security
universe.

With Hell’s
Bells, I wanted to cover new territory with the Justice Security crew…and
with Nicholas Turner as well.

I think I’ve accomplished the exploration of new
territory rather well, and left open paths that will allow even more
exploration of those new territories in later stories.

Belief in a hereafter, loss, grief, heroics in the
face of certain death, and a new sense of purpose and family…all of these
things are in this story, and I hope are done well. I hope that, when you read
this story, you’ll feel all of the things that the characters in the story are
feeling…and maybe understand why they feel the way they do. And when their own
understanding and acceptance comes, maybe you’ll see that, sometimes, a path
can be changed simply by a wrong choice…or by just enough faith.

Hell’s Bells
should have been much longer. It should have been an epic tome that would take
weeks to enjoy.

But it isn’t.

The story moves at a brisk pace, and the story
lets itself be told quickly.

I hope that you’ll find it powerful and moving.

Hell’s Bells
– A Justice Security/Nicholas Turner Novel releases live on July 31st.
The print edition will release sooner, and I hope that there will be an
audiobook edition soon as well. It will be available for pre-order soon.